The windows 10 fall upgrade 1709 fails after about 45% mark.. Then gives an error message and returns system to 1703

Using one drive or drop box post share links into the thread for any of the Panther files.

I do not have one drive or drop box...  I worry about putting this much information on a public drive..

You do have OneDrive.   This is good help.  You could start with  setupact.log  and  setupAPI.dev.log   (or browse them yourself.)

C.f.  (an example from an Insider upgrade)

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/forum/insider_wintp-insider_update-insiderplat_pc/cannot-update-to-latest-insider-preview/7f47e6ca-bdd1-4381-bc9d-86dbfc45c4cc?page=1#LastReply

There will also be similar logs available from standard Windows Cumulative updates.  They just aren't as obvious or as well documented.

Ref.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/upgrade/resolve-windows-10-upgrade-errors#0xc1900101

FYI

Robert Aldwinckle

After wasting days on this, to no avail, I figured that it would actually be less hassle to do a clean install.

I backed up everything, (including Sticky Notes!) and went for it.

Success!

Reloaded all my Files, Apps and Programmes, spent a short while customising things back as they were, and Hey Presto!

Shouldn't have had to resort to this method but at least it worked and I can sop wasting anymore time.

It would have been quicker in the long run to have done this first, but I hate being defeated!

Final Score:

Microsoft  1

Me  0

Thanks to all who have tried to help. And good luck

After wasting days on this, to no avail, I figured that it would actually be less hassle to do a clean install.

I backed up everything, (including Sticky Notes!) and went for it.

Success!

Reloaded all my Files, Apps and Programmes, spent a short while customising things back as they were, and Hey Presto!

Shouldn't have had to resort to this method but at least it worked and I can sop wasting anymore time.

It would have been quicker in the long run to have done this first, but I hate being defeated!

Final Score:

Microsoft  1

Me  0

Thanks to all who have tried to help. And good luck

I am happy that this path worked for you.... 

My problem with this path is that I have some software ..  I would need to repurchase as their licence is one use...   I would need to invest at least $300 to reinstall the windows...  So I am stuck!

 I am stuck!

Have you looked at your logs yet?

Here's an example of what you might see.  I have had to revise my PowerShell script to try to take account of users' unsortable timestamp formats.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/forum/insider_wintp-insider_update-insiderplat_pc/unable-to-find-working-solution-to-0xc1900101/e848fee6-b047-4aba-a651-623d95e6678f#LastReply

<quote>

cd \

$This_Hour = Get-Date -Hour ((Get-Date).Hour -1)  -Format "yyyy-MM-dd HH:MM:ss"

LS -Re -Fi * -Fo -EA:SilentlyContinue | where LastWriteTime -GE ($This_Hour) | sort LastWriteTime | ft LastWriteTime, Length, FullName  -AutoSize -Wrap

That does speed up the output phase but it is still slow because it has to list every file on the drive and then compare the timestamp in the filter.

</quote>

 I am stuck!

Have you looked at your logs yet?

Here's an example of what you might see.  I have had to revise my PowerShell script to try to take account of users' unsortable timestamp formats.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/forum/insider_wintp-insider_update-insiderplat_pc/unable-to-find-working-solution-to-0xc1900101/e848fee6-b047-4aba-a651-623d95e6678f#LastReply

<quote>

cd \

$This_Hour = Get-Date -Hour ((Get-Date).Hour -1)  -Format "yyyy-MM-dd HH:MM:ss"

LS -Re -Fi * -Fo -EA:SilentlyContinue | where LastWriteTime -GE ($This_Hour) | sort LastWriteTime | ft LastWriteTime, Length, FullName  -AutoSize -Wrap

That does speed up the output phase but it is still slow because it has to list every file on the drive and then compare the timestamp in the filter.

</quote>

Here is my setupERR.log file  (Note.. I hav over 200GB spare disk space)

2018-02-05 19:51:47, Error                 MOUPG  CDlpActionImpl<class CDlpErrorImpl<class CDlpObjectInternalImpl<class CUnknownImpl<class IMoSetupDlpAction> > > >::Suspend(1066): Result = 0xC1800104

2018-02-05 19:51:47, Error                 MOUPG  CSetupManager::ExecuteInstallMode(723): Result = 0x800705BB

2018-02-05 19:51:47, Error                 MOUPG  CSetupManager::ExecuteDownlevelMode(347): Result = 0x800705BB

2018-02-05 19:51:47, Error                 MOUPG  CSetupManager::Execute(237): Result = 0x800705BB

2018-02-05 19:51:47, Error                 MOUPG  CSetupHost::Execute(375): Result = 0x800705BB

2018-02-05 19:56:42, Error                 SP     CDownloadDUUpdates::DoExecuteInternal: Did not find hard disk space needed, when update cab files will not be extracted. This is unexpected! hr = 0x8000ffff

2018-02-05 19:56:42, Error                 SP     CSetupPlatform::DownloadDynamicUpdates: Failed to download updates. Error: 0x8000FFFF

2018-02-05 19:56:42, Error                 MOUPG  DUImage: Failed to execute GDR search and download [0x8000ffff]

2018-02-05 19:57:41, Error                 DU     DU::CDUSession::Search: Failed to set WU internal configuration property for targeted scans. hr = 0x80070057

2018-02-05 19:57:41, Error                 DU     DU::CDUSession::BuildSearchCriteria: Caller profile search criterion is not supported. hr = 0x80070032

2018-02-05 19:57:41, Error                 DU     DU::CDUSession::Search: Failed to build the search criteria. hr = 0x80070032

2018-02-05 19:58:23, Error                 SP     CDownloadDUUpdates::MoveOrCopyUpdates: IDUUpdate::UnpackContents failed. hr = 0x80246012

2018-02-05 19:58:23, Error                 SP     CDownloadDUUpdates::DoExecuteInternal: Failed to move/copy updates. hr = 0x80246012

2018-02-05 19:58:23, Error                 SP     CSetupPlatform::DownloadDynamicUpdates: Failed to download updates. Error: 0x80246012

2018-02-05 19:58:23, Error                 MOUPG  DUImage: Failed to execute driver search and download [0x80246012]

2018-02-05 20:00:56, Error                 CONX   0xd0000034 Failed to add user mode driver [%SystemRoot%\system32\DRIVERS\UMDF\uicciso.dll]

2018-02-05 20:17:11, Error      [0x0803b6] MIG    Can't retrieve group information for user IIS APPPOOL\DefaultAppPool. NetUserGetLocalGroups failed 0x000008AD

2018-02-05 20:18:56, Error      [0x0803b6] MIG    Can't retrieve group information for user IIS APPPOOL\DefaultAppPool. NetUserGetLocalGroups failed 0x000008AD

2018-02-05 20:19:10, Error                 SP     pSPRemoveUpgradeRegTree: failed to delete reg tree HKLM\SYSTEM\Setup\Upgrade[gle=0x00000005]

2018-02-05 20:19:36, Error      [0x0803b6] MIG    Can't retrieve group information for user IIS APPPOOL\DefaultAppPool. NetUserGetLocalGroups failed 0x000008AD

2018-02-05 20:19:45, Error      [0x080831] MIG    CSIAgent: Invalid xml format: FormatException: Component with display name: Plugin/{52776FBF-403C-49cc-b7cb-dd557f36096A} already loaded __cdecl Mig::CMXEMigrationXml::CMXEMigrationXml(class Mig::CPlatform *,class UnBCL::String *,class UnBCL::XmlDocument *,class UnBCL::String *,class UnBCL::String *)

2018-02-05 20:20:04, Error                 CSI    00000001 (F) 80220008 [Error,Facility=FACILITY_STATE_MANAGEMENT,Code=8] #3190# from CWcmScalarInstanceCore::GetCurrentValue(options = 393216, status = '(null)', value = { type: 40972, bytes ( 32 ): 3f003a005c007000610067006500660069006c0065002e007300790073000000 })

[gle=0x80004005]

2018-02-05 20:20:12, Error                 CSI    00000002 (F) 80220008 [Error,Facility=FACILITY_STATE_MANAGEMENT,Code=8] #81124# from CWcmScalarInstanceCore::GetCurrentValue(options = 393216, status = '(null)', value = { type: 40972, bytes ( 32 ): 3f003a005c007000610067006500660069006c0065002e007300790073000000 })

[gle=0x80004005]

2018-02-05 20:20:20, Error                 CSI    00000003 (F) 80220008 [Error,Facility=FACILITY_STATE_MANAGEMENT,Code=8] #159340# from CWcmScalarInstanceCore::GetCurrentValue(options = 393216, status = '(null)', value = { type: 40972, bytes ( 32 ): 3f003a005c007000610067006500660069006c0065002e007300790073000000 })

[gle=0x80004005]

2018-02-05 20:20:23, Error                 CSI    00000004 (F) 80220008 [Error,Facility=FACILITY_STATE_MANAGEMENT,Code=8] #187835# from CWcmScalarInstanceCore::GetCurrentValue(options = 393216, status = '(null)', value = { type: 40972, bytes ( 12 ): 65006e002d00550053000000 })

[gle=0x80004005]

2018-02-05 20:20:29, Error                 CSI    00000005 (F) 80220008 [Error,Facility=FACILITY_STATE_MANAGEMENT,Code=8] #237871# from CWcmScalarInstanceCore::GetCurrentValue(options = 393216, status = '(null)', value = { type: 40972, bytes ( 32 ): 3f003a005c007000610067006500660069006c0065002e007300790073000000 })

[gle=0x80004005]

2018-02-05 20:21:05, Error                 CSI    00000006 (F) 80220008 [Error,Facility=FACILITY_STATE_MANAGEMENT,Code=8] #320811# from CWcmScalarInstanceCore::GetCurrentValue(options = 393216, status = '(null)', value = { type: 40972, bytes ( 32 ): 3f003a005c007000610067006500660069006c0065002e007300790073000000 })

[gle=0x80004005]

2018-02-05 20:21:08, Error                 CSI    00000007 (F) 80220008 [Error,Facility=FACILITY_STATE_MANAGEMENT,Code=8] #354342# from CWcmScalarInstanceCore::GetCurrentValue(options = 393216, status = '(null)', value = { type: 40972, bytes ( 12 ): 65006e002d00550053000000 })

[gle=0x80004005]

2018-02-05 20:21:21, Error      [0x0803b6] MIG    Can't retrieve group information for user IIS APPPOOL\DefaultAppPool. NetUserGetLocalGroups failed 0x000008AD

2018-02-05 20:21:33, Error      [0x080831] MIG    CSIAgent: Invalid xml format: FormatException: Component with display name: Plugin/{C939EC0F-2F56-4CE8-AF56-2336596A5FA7} already loaded __cdecl Mig::CMXEMigrationXml::CMXEMigrationXml(class Mig::CPlatform *,class UnBCL::String *,class UnBCL::XmlDocument *,class UnBCL::String *,class UnBCL::String *)

2018-02-05 20:25:47, Error      [0x0808fe] MIG    Plugin {ff9c714f-b864-4f43-ae39-ec07d7385abe}: Skipping device '{A87C2E0F-9A46-46b8-8EC4-E33355FBE1F7}\KeyboardFilter\5&ee0f2df&0&01' without driver.

2018-02-05 20:25:51, Error      [0x0808fe] MIG    Plugin {526D451C-721A-4b97-AD34-DCE5D8CD22C5}: [shmig] Failed to get preferred homegroup with hr=0x80070490

2018-02-05 20:26:21, Error                        CSetupAutomation::Resurrect: File not found: C:$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\Panther\automation.dat[gle=0x00000002]

2018-02-05 20:26:21, Error                 SP     CSetupPlatform::ResurrectAutomation: Failed to resurrect automation: 0x80070002[gle=0x00000002]

2018-02-05 20:30:45, Error      [0x0803b6] MIG    Can't retrieve group information for user IIS APPPOOL\DefaultAppPool. NetUserGetLocalGroups failed 0x000008AD

2018-02-05 20:31:10, Error      [0x0803b6] MIG    Can't retrieve group information for user IIS APPPOOL\DefaultAppPool. NetUserGetLocalGroups failed 0x000008AD

2018-02-05 20:32:54, Error                 SP     [SetupCl library] Required profile hive does not exist: [??\C:$WINDOWS.~BT\NewOS\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile\NTUSER.DAT].

2018-02-05 20:33:18, Error      [0x0803b6] MIG    Can't retrieve group information for user IIS APPPOOL\DefaultAppPool. NetUserGetLocalGroups failed 0x000008AD

2018-02-05 20:33:30, Error      [0x080831] MIG    CSIAgent: Invalid xml format: FormatException: Component with display name: Plugin/{C939EC0F-2F56-4CE8-AF56-2336596A5FA7} already loaded __cdecl Mig::CMXEMigrationXml::CMXEMigrationXml(class Mig::CPlatform *,class UnBCL::String *,class UnBCL::XmlDocument *,class UnBCL::String *,class UnBCL::String *)

2018-02-05 20:33:30, Error      [0x080831] MIG    CSIAgent: Invalid xml format: FormatException: Component with display name: Plugin/{12bc829e-787e-48c2-a9b3-8d2e7aabf06e} already loaded __cdecl Mig::CMXEMigrationXml::CMXEMigrationXml(class Mig::CPlatform *,class UnBCL::String *,class UnBCL::XmlDocument *,class UnBCL::String *,class UnBCL::String *)

2018-02-05 20:34:26, Error                 MIG    Failed to check the certificate of the catalog file C:\WINDOWS\System32\CatRoot{F750E6C3-38EE-11D1-85E5-00C04FC295EE}\ntprint.cat.[gle=0x800b0100]

2018-02-05 20:46:04, Error      [0x0803b6] MIG    Can't retrieve group information for user IIS APPPOOL\DefaultAppPool. NetUserGetLocalGroups failed 0x000008AD

2018-02-05 20:46:11, Error      [0x080831] MIG    CSIAgent: Invalid xml format: FormatException: Component with display name: Plugin/{52776FBF-403C-49cc-b7cb-dd557f36096A} already loaded __cdecl Mig::CMXEMigrationXml::CMXEMigrationXml(class Mig::CPlatform *,class UnBCL::String *,class UnBCL::XmlDocument *,class UnBCL::String *,class UnBCL::String *)

2018-02-05 20:46:41, Error                 MOUPG  Finalize: Error reading narrator reg key: [0x80070002]

2018-02-05 20:46:47, Error      [0x0803b6] MIG    Can't retrieve group information for user IIS APPPOOL\DefaultAppPool. NetUserGetLocalGroups failed 0x000008AD

2018-02-05 21:22:28, Error                        [SetupPlatform.exe] winreHashWimFile: Failed to hash [C:$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\WinRE]: 0x5

2018-02-05 21:24:19, Error                 CSI    0000001f (F) Done with generic command 6; CreateProcess returned 0, CPAW returned S_OK

    Process exit code 30 resulted in success? false

    Process output: [l:22 [22'[gle=0x80004005]

2018-02-05 21:24:19, Error      [0x018007] CSI    00000020 (F) Failed execution of queue item Installer: Generic Command ({81a34a10-4256-436a-89d6-794b97ca407c}) with HRESULT HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(14109).  Failure will not be ignored: A rollback will be initiated after all the operations in the installer queue are completed; installer is reliable[gle=0x80004005]

2018-02-05 21:28:49, Error                 CSI    0000013f (F) Generic Command ErrorCode: 80004005 Executable: iissetup.exe ExitCode: 30 Phase: 38 Mode: Install (first install) Component: Microsoft-Windows-IIS-SharedLibraries-GC, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35, ProcessorArchitecture=amd64, versionScope=NonSxS[gle=0x80004005]

2018-02-05 21:28:49, Error                 CSI    00000141@2018/2/6:02:28:49.410 (F) onecore\base\wcp\componentstore\com\advancedinstallerstore.cpp(580): Error HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(ERROR_ADVANCED_INSTALLER_FAILED) originated in function Windows::COM::CComponentStore::IAdvancedInstallerAwareStore_ResolvePendingTransactions expression: HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(14099L)

[gle=0x80004005]

2018-02-05 21:28:51, Error                 CSI    00000142 (F) HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(ERROR_ADVANCED_INSTALLER_FAILED) #146# from Windows::COM::CComponentStore_IAdvancedInstallerAwareStore::ResolvePendingTransactions(dwFlags = (DontFailIfPrimitivesPending|IndicatePrimitiveRollback), Progress = NULL, Phase = 0, Disposition = (unknown enumerant 0)' | '0)[gle=0x80073713]

2018-02-05 21:28:51, Error                 CBS    Startup: Failed to process advanced operation queue, startupPhase: 0. [HRESULT = 0x80073713 - ERROR_ADVANCED_INSTALLER_FAILED]

2018-02-05 21:28:51, Error      [0x030149] CMI    Callback_CBS_Do_OnlineInstall:Calling startup processing failed 0x80073713

2018-02-05 21:28:51, Error      [0x030153] CMI    Callback_CMI_ConfigInstall: CBS startup processing failed.